Display-cabinet for ribbons



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' C. P. BURCH, DISPLAY CABINET FOR RIBBONS, LAUES, ($50.

Patented Dec. 19,1893.

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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. G11. BURCH. DISPLAY CABINET FOR RIBBONS,LASES, 6m. No. 511,264. Patentefi Dec. 19,1893.

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UARROL P. BURCH, OF HENDERSON, KENTUCKY.

DISPLAY-CABINET FOR RIBBONS, LACES, 81,0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 511,264, dated December19, 1893. Application filed April 28,1893. Serial No. 472,152- fllomodel.)

To 0:15 whom it may concern:

,Be it known that I, CARROL P. BURCH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Henderson, in the county of Henderson and State ofKentucky,haveinven ted certain new and useful Improvements inDisplay-Cabinets for Ribbons, Laces, the; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same;

This invention relates to a novel cabinet for displaying ribbons, lacesand analogous goods or articles which are wound in bolts on revolublespools or drums that are journaled in and inclosed wholly by'thecabinet, with only a small portion of each piece of the goods protrudingthrough a slot to display the goods so that the color, quality, 8m, canbe easily ascertained or examined without exposing the whole bolt orroll of ribbon, lace, 850., to dust, &c., whereby the goods areprevented from being soiled by handling the bolt and they are protectedfrom accumulations of dust thereon.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention 1- construct a revolublecarrier in the form of a polygonal drum, having four, six or eight sidesforming as many compartments, each of which is designed to sustain aseries of spools or drums on which are wound the ribbons, laces oranalogous goods. The carrier consists of two heads rigid with, atransverse supporting shaft, or provided with trunnions, by which thecarrier is rotatably sus tained within a suitable inclosing case or inbearings; two stationary compartments fixed to the heads atdiametrically opposite points and each provided with a series of spoolsor drums, and two movable sect ons hinged or pivoted to the respectivestationary compartments and each consisting of two or more compartmentshaving their walls rigidly united together so as to move when thesection is turned on its hinges, each compartment of each movablesection being also provided with a series of spools or drums and thehinged sections being detachably fastened in place at their free edgesby suitable 5o latch-devices, whereby the hinged sections of ofthe-carrier.

the carrier can be turned outward to expose the interior of the carrierfor the purpose of having ready access thereto to place the bolts ofribbon or-lace in any one of the series of compartments of the carrier,

The-invention further consists of the novel combination of devices andpeculiar construction and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafterfully described and claimed.

Having thus stated the objects and general nature of my invention, Iwill'now proceed to a detailed description thereof in connection withthe accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and inwhich- Figure 1 is an elevation showing the dis:

play cabinet in which the revoluble carrier is housed or inclosed withina suitable glass casing. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View through therevoluble carrier removed from the inclosing case, the plane of thesection being indicated by the dotted line 0c,;c of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is ahorizontal sectional view through the carrier on the plane indicated bythe dotted line yy of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view of amodified form Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view,in perspective, of apart of one radial section of the carrier, to more clearly showthe'slots, the clamps, and the scale thereon.

Like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the figuresof the drawings, referring to which A designates the revoluble carrierand Bis the inclosing case within which the carrier is revolublysustained in position. This casin g B may be of any suitable form ordesign, and preferably has glass sides through which the carrier and itscontents can be readily observed, said inclosing case B having one ormore doors I) by which access can be readily had to the carrier and itscontents.

The carrier consists of two heads 0, 0, two stationary compartments D,E, fixed at diametrically opposite points to the heads, and two movablesections F, G, whichare hinged, at one edge, to the respectivestationary compartments and having the opposite free ends fastened inplace by suit-able latches, presently referred to. The carrier ispreferably square or polygonal in cross-section with four,

six or eight sides formed by as many compartments which extend from onehead to the other head of the carrier; and in Figs. 2 and 3 of thedrawings I have shown the carrier octagonal in cross section with eightcompartments radiating from the axis of the carrier while in Fig. 4: thecarrier in cross section has four radial parts each of which is dividedlongitudinally to provide two compartments, thus increasing the numberof compartments to eight, each of which contains a series of spools ordrums on which the bolts'of ribbon, lace, or analogous goods are wound.

In the embodiment of myinvention shown by Figs. 2 and 3, the stationarycompartments D, E, each have three walls fixed together and to the heads0, C, said compartments D, E, being situated at diametrically oppositepoints near the edges of the heads; thus the inner sides of thecompartments D, E, are left open to permit ready access to the interiorthereof. In one wall of each of the stationary compartments D, E, isprovided a series of slots d, and between these slots are journaled theshafts e of the series of spools or drums e on which are wound or coiledthe bolts of ribbon or lace,one end of each of which is carried orextended through one of the slots at and fastened in place by anysuitable form of clamp attached to the outside of the compartment sothat the free protruding end of the ribbon or lace is prevented frombeing entangled with other pieces of lace or ribbon and the bolt isprevented from unwinding from the spool or drum.

The hinged section F of the carrier consists of two or more compartmentsh, h, h which have their walls rigidly fastened together and arranged sothat" the compartments are all exposed and the contents thereof can beeasily reached. This section F is hinged at one edge to one of thestationary compartments, D, as at f, and the free end of this hingedsection is confined in place by means of -a latch f which engages with asuitable keeper on the other stationary compartment E; while the othersection G of the carrier is hinged at one end to the stationarycompartment E, as at g, and the free end of this movable section G isconfined in place by a, latch g that engages with the stationarycompartment D, as clearly shown by Fig. 3. It will thus be seen thateachhinged compartment is connected to one of the stationary compartmentsand latched to the other stationary compartment, and that either of thehinged compartments can be moved outward from the carrier so as toexpose the interior thereof and permit of ready access to any one of theseries of compartments of the carrier for placing the bolts of ribbons,laces or analogous goods within the carrier, after which the hingedsections can be closed and fastened in place so as to house all thebolts within the carrier and protect them from-the dust or from beingsoiled from handling.

Each of the compartments h, h and h forming the movable sections F, G,of the carrier is provided with the slots 71, and in the walls of eachcompartment is journaled the shaft j of the spools or drums arrangedbetween the slots 7;, t, the free ends of the ribbon or lace on eachspool or drum being carried through one of the slotsi and confined inplace by means of a suitable clamp 7c.

The carrier is sustained in place within the case B by means of a shaftL which passes through the carrier and has the heads 0, O, rigidlyfastened thereto, but in lieu of this transverse shaft I may employtrunnions which are fixed to the heads. This shaft, or the trunnions,are jonrnaled in suitable bearings so that the carrier can be rotated orturned on its axis to bring any one of the series of compartmentsthereof opposite to the door in the case B, for removing the desiredquantity of lace or ribbon from any one of the series of spools or drumsin said compartment.

The carrier A may be arranged in a vertical position in the case B andbe sustained therein by a vertical shaft or trnnnions journaled insuitable bearings at top and bottom of the case, as shown by Fig. 1, butI do not strictly confine myself to the use of a vertical carrier as Iam aware that the carrier can be used in a horizontal position withequal advantage, and it is my purpose to so use the carrier.

If desired, suitable guide rollers maybe provided in, or opposite to,each of the slots in the several compartments and be arranged to permitthe free end of the ribbon or lace to pass between said rollers so as tobe guided thereby and prevent the ribbon or lace from having contactwith the walls of the slot, which in fine, expensive goods is highlydesirable to avoid injury to the fabric.

In the modified=construction shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, I providethe rotary carrier with the heads 0, O, the stationary compartments D,E, and F, G, are the movable sections which are hinged and latched tothe compartments D, E, in the same manner as the carrier shown by Figs.2 and 3; but in this embodiment of my invention each stationarycompartment is divided longitudinally by a partition n to form the twospool chambers 0, while the hinged sections F, G, are also dividedlongitudinally by the partitions 19, thus forming two chambers q, q, ineach hinged section.

For convenience in winding the ribbon or laces on the spools or drums,the end of each spool shaft is projected beyond one wall of thecompartment in which the spool is contained, and said protruding end ofthe shaft is squared or made polygonal to adapt a wrench or tool to bereadily fitted on the spool shaft to turn the spool or drum and wind thelace or ribbon thereon.

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Each compartment of the carrier may be provided with a scale or measure,as indicated at M forconvenience in measuring off the goods.

The mode of using the cabinet is as follows :The hinged sections of thecabinet are opened to permit ready access to the interior and theribbons, laces, dad, are wound on the spools or drums, after which thehinged sections are closed. One end of each piece of lace, (be, is ledthrough a slot in the compartment, and held in place by the clamp. Thecarrier can be rotated to bring the desired piece of goods within easyreach, and the end of the ribbon or lace can easily be grasped andpulled out from the carrier as the spool or drum rotates freely, afterwhich the desired quantity is out 01% and the free end again confined bythe clamp.

I am aware that changes in the form and proportion of parts and detailsof construction of the devices herein shown and described as anembodiment of my invention can be made without departing from the spiritor sacrificing the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the rightto make-such changes and alterations therein as fairly fall within thescope of the same.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- p 1. In a display cabinet, arevolnble drum consisting of the heads, the oppositely-disposedcompartments fixed between said heads and each having a series of slotsand the corresponding series of spools or drums contained within thecompartment, and the sections each hinged to one stationary compartmentand having its free edge confined or held in place by a suitablefastening, each section I provided with compartments having the slotsand the spools or drums, substantially as and forthe purpose described.

2. In a display cabinet, the revoluble drum comprising the heads, thestationary radial compartments D, E, disposed at diametrically oppositepoints between said heads and fixed thereto, and the movable sectionseach formed by a series of rigidly connected radial compartments andeach being hinged at one edge to one stationary compartment anddetachably connected at its other edge to the other stationarycompartment,all of said radial compartments provided with transverseslots in their outer Walls and with independent spools or drums whichare journaled close to the slots, for the purposes described,substantially as set forth.

3. Ina display cabinet, a revoluble drum consisting of the heads 0, O,the oppositely disposed stationary compartmentsD, E, fixed between saidheads, and each having aseries of slots and the spools within saidcompartment, and the movable sections F, G, each formed into two or morecompartments and each section being hinged to one of the stationarycompartments and confined in place at its free end by a latch thatengages with the other compartment, each compartment of the hingedsections F, G, having the spools or drums and the slots adjacent to saidspools, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence oftwo Witnesses.

CAR-ROI. P. BURCH. Witnesses:

R. G. SOAPER, P. T. OConnon.

